Genealogy Chat

Hi Paul, no come back for your comment but it made me laugh.. Just wondered if it was a banana milkshake? Wishing all a happy Easter!

I HAVE A FANNY IN MY LOT AND IT WAS HER 'REAL' CHRISTIAN NAME. S-A

errrrr, Could not resist,,,, I have a Pawley, Fanny.......do you think she will get better ? Happy Easter Every one Kate

Well thats it Paul, I bet this will disappear anytime now!

Bev..... 'Mine's an Extra Large Whopper and can you give me a shake please?'

Hi Folks, I walked into Burger King the other day and the poor girl serving me was called Ragina! x (Straight up, no lie!) Bev

Heather can you please delete this thread!!! Every time my hubby looks over my shoulder he reads 'I've got a Fanny' and hes getting ideas, about all the fanny's in his family I mean (as this is a family show). Kat

1861 Census Whitefield House Ashton Lane, Ashton upon Mersey Cheshire Frances A Pritchard abt 1841 Puddleston, Herefordshire, Servant

More than that I think - sounds like a horror film when you put it that way!

Good for you Heather Look after your Fanny now you have found one, didnt gramps have something 38 Fannys in his tree?? Steve

Steven, it was your thread which left me feeling very inferior - I didnt have a Fanny at all. Then there was Gramps who seemed to have my Fanny and a lot of other peoples aswell in his collection. I have been searching for a Fanny since that time and now I have one and shall look after her.

Hi Heather I have a Fanny as well, lol can you remember my Fanny thread called 'how many Fannys do you have' or something like that lol. I hope your Fanny thread lasts longer than mine did before GR pulls it lol Well done on finding yours Steve

I have a Fanny Thompson who married a William Johncock.

Heather, It is info like this that helps us poor, missguided, idiots, who sit at our computers whilst the sun shines. Frustration, anger, swearing,and then we get loads of laughter. I am sure the parents who name their children with such names, were/are unaware of the laughter they generate. But then things that were funny 100 years ago are not now, and vice versa. Reading all the replies to you message made my day. Kathlyn

Robin - in my mother's paternal NEWTON family in Buckinghamshire, there is a Fanny whose name was registered as Fanny on her birth certificate though was described as Anna on a census. * sits back and waits for this thread to be pulled just as Steve's was *

Paul, I've been trying to find out what you are using to look these things up. I need some resources as I find it very hard to get out.

This gets worse! Look up the name of this guy's servant on the 1891 census! I've got to stop now - I'm beginning to feel like a naughty schoolboy! Name: Robert Robertson Age: 29 Estimated birth year: abt 1862 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where Born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Castle Precincts Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter Town: Weston in Gordano County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England Source information: RG12/1959 Registration district: Bristol Sub registration district: Castle Precincts ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Folio: 8 Page: 10 GSU Number: 6097069

Can I join the Fanny Club? I've only got one tho, Fanny Rose. I also have a couple of richards, but willing to change them into dicks in the interests of the club Mandy XX

And little Elcie Tongue may have been embarrased by her name, but look at the brother and sister living next door to her in 1901! How could they sleep at night? Look them up on this page... Name: Elcie Tongue Age: 3 Estimated birth year: abt 1898 Relation: Granddaughter Where born: Hurst, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Hurst Ecclesiastical parish: Ashton under Lyme St James County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Source information: RG13/3800 Registration district: Ashton-under-Lyne Sub-registration district: Mossley ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Folio: 36 Page: 6 Household schedule number: 38

And here's one for the ladies, from the 1901 census. This young fellow will have been taken aback when introduced to the daughter of the family. (Don't blame me, this is a genuine census entry!) Look her up on this page. Name: Abraham Garlick Age: 22 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Relation: Boarder Gender: Male Where born: Rus Russian Civil parish: Spitalfields Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch County/Island: London Country: England Source information: RG13/297 Registration district: Whitechapel Sub-registration district: Spitalfields ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Folio: 80 Page: 4 Household schedule number: 16